Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert May 28, 2020 Watch the North Carolina-born Americana star perform four songs in quarantine from her home in Ireland.
Clem Snide with Scott Avett: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert May 23, 2020 Clem Snide and Scott Avett play spiritually searching songs from 'Forever Just Beyond' while maintaining social distancing for their Tiny Desk (home) concert.
Radio Heartland's tribute to John Prine April 8, 2020 Host Mike Pengra pays tribute to the man he calls "a songwriter's songwriter," the inimitable John Prine. Listen to four hours of music by John Prine, interspersed with remarks from musicians and fans.
Billy Conway, former Morphine and longtime Americana drummer, fighting cancer April 7, 2020 Conway, originally from Owatonna, Minn., has long been a part of the Boston music scene. Once a member of 1990s band Morphine, Conway has been largely plying his trade over the past decade with singer-songwriter Jeffrey Foucault.
The Mastersons release new song and video, 'King of the Castle' March 25, 2020 Americana duo The Mastersons, Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore, premiere a new video for their song 'King of the Castle.' The song, featured on their new album 'No Time For Love Songs,' was inspired by the loss of Chris's father.
Listen to 'Life on Fire,' a new song from Mapache March 20, 2020 Sam Blasucci and Clay Finch form the cosmic California country duo Mapache. On March 20, Mapache released 'From Liberty Street,' their debut album on Yep Roc Records. Watch the official video for 'LIfe On Fire,' one of the lead tracks from the new album.
Rose Cousins shares video for 'The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)' February 26, 2020 Grammy-nominated and JUNO Award-winning songwriter Rose Cousins' new video 'The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)' debuts today. The song is featured on Cousins' new album, 'Bravado,' out now from Outside Music.
Charlie Maguire and Pop Wagner celebrate the spirit of Woody Guthrie February 19, 2020 On Saturday, Feb. 22, Charlie Maguire and Pop Wagner will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the writing of Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land.' Maguire and Wagner visited Radio Heartland to talk about Woody Guthrie and to play some music.
Inspired by Ken Burns, Aster Cafe launches country-music series February to June February 17, 2020 The third Wednesday of the month for the next five months will be dedicated to live concerts by Minnesota musicians, playing country music organized by time period, roughly mirroring the popular PBS series by Burns. Maygen Lacey, one of the event organizers and performers, visited Radio Heartland to talk to Mike Pengra about this live series.
Ellis Delaney performs at Radio Heartland February 11, 2020 Formerly known by the mononym Ellis, singer-songwriter Ellis Delaney is soon to release her 10th album, 'Ordinary Love.' In the run-up to the release, Ellis Delaney visited Radio Heartland to play songs from the new record.